Chanel: Collections and Creations by Danièle Bott
$55.00 AUD
Category: Fashion Design | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
The book explores five central themes--the suit, the camellia, jewelry, makeup and perfume, the little black dress--and follows the threads from past to present to show how these key items have been rediscovered and reinvented by new designers. It includes many previously unpublished archive photographs ...Show more
The Story of Art: Luxury Edition
$100.00 AUD
Category: Art History
Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the classic art-history text - the perfect gift for every art connoisseur and student For more than 60 years Ernst Gombrich's The Story of Art has been a global bestseller - with more than 8 million copies sold - the perfect introduction to art history, from the earliest ...Show more
The Glow Up: Your skin, only much better by Paula Joye
$39.99 AUD
Category: Fashion Design
Six simple steps to the best skin of your life.Do pores really open and close? Is eye cream necessary? Should you be rubbing snail slime all over your face? Award-winning journalist Paula Joye is sharing her secrets, so that you too can achieve the inner and outer glow that comes from skin that is clea ...Show more
Poolside with Slim Aarons by Slim Aarons
$120.00 AUD
Category: Interior Design | Reading Level: very good
Like its predecessors, "Once Upon a Time" and "A Place in the Sun", "Poolside with Slim Aarons" offers images of jet-setters and the wealthy, of beautiful, glittering people living the glamorous life. Yet this new collection of stunning photographs of the rich and well-connected 'doing attractive things ...Show more
New Crafts: Silk Painting by Susie Stokoe
$18.95 AUD
Category: Craft
This title helps you learn the classic techniques of painting silk, with creative projects to do at home. There are exciting designs to create, including a Decorative Fan, a Lily Scarf, a Flowery Camisole and a Block-printed Blind. It features a gallery of exquisite silk painting treatments by leading c ...Show more
New Crafts: Creative Bookbinding by Maquire Mary
$23.95 AUD
Category: Craft | Series: New Crafts
Bookbinding is a classic craft that has been practised for over 1,000 years, and is reaching new heights of design and innovation today. This volume is packed with inspirational ideas that are highly original, including a college folder made from a pair of jeans, an elegant wedding album covered with be ...Show more
Backyard Bounty - Grow Organic Vegetable by Organic Gardener Magazine
$35.00 AUD
Category: Gardening
The expert guide to growing vegies organically in your own backyard. Featuring top advice from ABC Organic Gardener magazine, horticultural editor Penny Woodward and expert contributors present a practical guide to growing vegetables organically, whether you're starting a patch from scratch or you're an ...Show more
Hirameki: Draw What You See! by Peng
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Every blot's an inspirationEvery line is freeUnlock your imaginationDraw what you seeHirameki - 'brainwave' or 'flash of inspiration' in Japanese - is where doodling and imagination come together. Simply put, it's the art of turning a random blot into something amazing, just by adding a few dots and lin ...Show more
Mademoiselle - Coco Chanel And The Pulse Of History by Rhonda Garelick
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fashion Design
A STUNNING BIOGRAPHY OF COCO CHANEL - THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF FASHION - EXAMINING HER INFLUENCE ON THE CULTURAL TRENDS OF HER TIME.Little black dresses. Faux pearls. Jersey knits. Skirt suits. Trousers. For over a century and counting, we all continue to see some version of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in near ...Show more
Beginner's Guide to Bonsai by Norman Ken
$23.95 AUD
Category: Gardening
How to create and maintain beautiful miniature trees and shrubs, shown in more than 230 step-by-step photographs. You can find out which plants are suitable for growing and training as bonsai specimens. It contains advice on the choice of tools and equipment, together with clear, practical instructions ...Show more
How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool by Kircher Wolfram & Thon Andreas
$89.95 AUD
Category: Interior Design
Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable water source for dragonflies, honey ...Show more
A History of Pictures : From the Cave to the Computer Screen by David Hockney
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art History
The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, explored here by David Hockney and Martin Gayford in a ...Show more